Intro to theatre chapter 12
Thespis is considered the first playwright.
False
The Second Shepherds' Play is a
Mystery play
Who wrote The Menaechmi?
Plautus
Despite the popularity of medieval religious drama, secular theatre and drama also existed in the Middle Ages.
True
Which of the following added a second actor to the play, starting drama as we now know it?
Aeschylus
Which of the following reduced the size of the chorus to twelve?
Aeschylus
Who is considered the first important Greek dramatist?
Aeschylus
Who wrote Oresteia?
Aeschylus
Who wrote Lysistrata?
Aristophanes
Who wrote Old Comedy, which made fun of social, political, or cultural conditions?
Aristophanes
Of the following, who is considered the most modern?
Euripides
Which of the following demonstrated a skeptical attitude toward the gods?
Euripides
Which of the following is noted for his sympathetic portrayal of female characters?
Euripides
Which of the following was considered to be most rebellious?
Euripides
Comedies written by Plautus were quite similar to the Old Comedy written by Aristophanes.
False
Old Comedy dealt with romantic and domestic problems.
False
The Golden Age of Greece took place in the second century A.D.
False
The Greek amphitheatre is the first example of a proscenium theatre space.
False
The choregus is the lead actor in a Greek drama.
False
The first significant dramatic criticism, The Poetics, was written by Horace.
False
The god Dionysus, to whom the Greek dramatic festivals were dedicated, was the god of war, death, and chastity.
False
He states in Ars Poetica that drama should both teach a lesson and entertain.
Horace
Which of the following is the author of Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry)?
Horace
Which of the following wrote plays that dealt exclusively with domestic situations?
Plautus
Although ________ used a chorus in his plays, it did not play an integral part.
Seneca
The works of ________ likely influenced Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Seneca
Who often wrote plays in which supernatural beings appeared in the dramatic action?
Seneca
Whose tragedies were similar to those of the Greeks, except that they were considerably more violent?
Seneca
Which of the following added a third actor to the play?
Sophocles
Who increased the number of members in the chorus to fifteen?
Sophocles
Who wrote King Oedipus?
Sophocles
The comic playwright whose style is more literary and less exaggerated than that of the other Roman comic playwrights is
Terence
The author of Phormio is
Terence.
No one knows how theatre began, and where or when it originated.
True
The plot of King Oedipus by Sophocles has a climactic structure
True
The speeches of the Greek chorus were sung and danced.
True
The three great Greek tragic playwrights are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
True
A ________ uses religious characters and religious themes to teach a lesson.
morality play
Everyman is a
morality play
A ________ dramatizes a series of biblical events.
mystery play
A ________ dramatizes the lives of saints.
mystery play
Noah's Ark is a
mystery play
